CAMPSIS radicans
(KAMP-sis) (RAH-di-kanz) | CAMPRA5 |
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| Common Name: Trumpet Creeper |
| Description: Fast growing vine with orange, trumpet flowers. Attractive to hummingbirds. Great for fences and screens. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CAMPSIS radicans 'Red Sunset'
(KAMP-sis) (RAH-di-kanz) | CAMPRS5 |
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| Common Name: Trumpet Creeper |
| Description: Huge numbers of outstanding, bright red flower trumpets into fall on rich green foliage. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CANNA 'South Pacific Orange' F1
(CAN-ah) | CANNSO5 |
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| Description: This AAS winner is more vigorous and uniform with vivid, bright orange flowers; a bright delight for the garden! Blooms July til frost.
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| Zone: 8 |
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CANNA 'South Pacific Scarlet' F1
(CAN-ah) | CANNSP5 |
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| Common Name: Canna |
| Description: 2013 AAS Winner. This compact variety grown from seed sports scarlet flowers above its compact, green foliage making it great for containers or landscaping. More vigorous, more uniform, and has more basal branching than 'Tropical Red'. |
| Zone: 8 |
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CANNA 'Tropical Salmon'
(CAN-ah) | CANNTS5 |
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| Description: Bright orange-salmon flowers. Bloom stalks to 36". |
| Zone: 8 |
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CAPSICUM annuum 'Black Pearl'
(KAP-si-kum) (AN-yew-um) | CAPSBP3 |
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| Common Name: Ornamental Pepper |
| Description: Round, shiny, black, hot fruit maturing to dark red makes this 2006 AAS & Fleuroselect Quality Mark winner a 'must have'. Bushy, well-branched, upright plants with glossy, jet black foliage are perfect for mixed containers or border. Heat, humidity, and drought tolerant. Available after 3/1. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CAPSICUM annuum 'NuMex Easter'
(KAP-sih-kum) | CAPSNE3 |
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| Common Name: Ornamental Pepper |
| Description: 2014 AAS Winner. Compact, well branched plant with clusters of 4-6" fruits that range from lavender to yellow. |
| Zone: 10 |
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CAREX appalachica
(KARE-eks) | GRCAAP3 |
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| Common Name: (Sedge) |
| Description: Appalachian sedge is a clump grower with narrow, foot long foliage that makes a great, low maintenance lawn substitute. Will tolerate dry shade. Photo courtesy of Hoffman Nursery. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX 'Blue Zinger'
(KARE-eks) | GRCABZ5 |
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| Common Name: Sedge |
| Description: Attractive, blue-gray, tufted, grass-like foliage that is splendid in mass plantings. Insignificant, grass-like flowers in late summer. Part or full shade preferable, but tolerates full sun in cool summer climates. Considered deer resistant. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CAREX buchananii
(KARE-eks) (bew-kan-AN-ee-eye) | GRCABU5 |
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| Common Name: Leather-leaf Sedge |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Everbrown cinnamon colored vertical clumps. Striking when planted with blue or variegated grasses. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CAREX grayi
(KARE-eks) (GRAY-eye) | GRCAGR3 |
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| Common Name: Gray's Sedge |
| Description: Large, showy seed heads for moist shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX muskingumensis
(KARE-eks) (mus-king-u-MEN-sis) | GRCAMU3 |
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| Common Name: Palm Sedge |
| Description: 2011 GreatPlants TM Grass of the Year. Effective as a specimen near water. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX oshimensis 'Evergold'
(KARE-eks) (oh-she-MEN-sis) | GRCAEV3 |
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| Common Name: Sedge |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Bright yellow variegation. Previously misnamed as morrowii 'Aureovariegata'. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CAREX pensylvanica
(KARE-eks) (pen-sil-VAN-ih-kuh) | GRCAPV5 |
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| Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge, Common Oak Carex |
| Description: North American native with slender, upright, green blades. Looks like green tufts with gold highlights in autumn. Semi-evergreen in mild climates; does well under oak trees. Deer resistant. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX plantaginea
(KARE-eks) (plan-ta-JIN-ee-ah) | GRCAPL5 |
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| Common Name: Plaintain Sedge |
| Description: Evergreen, clump-forming sedge with broad, almost Hosta-like, soft green foliage with handsome veining. Lovely ground cover that is easy and dependable, even for dry shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX rosea
(KARE-eks) | GRCARO3 |
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| Common Name: Rosy Sedge, Curly Wood Sedge |
| Description: This native sedge to North America grows in compact clumps with delicate, arching foliage in both wet and dry areas; including difficult, dry, part shade areas.
Photo compliments Hoffman Nursery, Inc.
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| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX sprengelii
(KARE-eks) | GRCASP3 |
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| Common Name: Long-beaked sedge |
| Description: Bright green glossy blades of foliage with pendulous green to brown seed heads. Good clump type grass that will grow in various locations as ground cover.Photo courtesy Bob Henrickson,NE Statewide Arboretum. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX vulpinoidea
(KARE-eks)(vul-PIN-oy-dee-ah) | GRCAVU5 |
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| Common Name: Sedge |
| Description: Light green foliage that grows in an arching habit; used for erosion control, naturalizing, and rain garden. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CARYOPTERIS clandonensis 'First Choice' PP# 11,958
(kare-ee-OP-ter-iss) (klan-don-EN-sis) | CARYFC3 |
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| Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea |
| Description: Ink blue buds, dark purple-blue flowers earlier than other cultivars. Dense, dark green foliage; compact habit. Propagation Prohibited.
Root hardy to Zone 4, but may die back to the ground in Zones 4 and 5. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CEANOTHUS americanus
(see-ah-NO-thuss) (a-mer-ih-KAH-nus) | CEANAM3 |
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| Common Name: New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball |
| Description: Clusters of white flowers; native shrub. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CENTAUREA montana
(sen-TOR-ee-a) (mon-TAN-ah) | CENTMO3 |
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| Common Name: Mountain Bluet |
| Description: Large, spidery, violet-blue cornflower with reddish highlight in center. Flowers in June-July. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CENTRANTHUS ruber 'Albus'
(sen-TRAN-thus) (REW-ber) | CENTAL3 |
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| Common Name: Red Valerian |
| Description: White flowered form of Centranthus ruber. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CENTRANTHUS ruber 'Pretty Betsy'
(sen-TRAN-thus) (REW-ber) | CENTPB3 |
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| Common Name: Red Valerian |
| Description: Red flowered selection; glossy foliage. Species has been widely used along Nebraska roadsides. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CERASTIUM tomentosum
(ser-ASS-tee-um) (toe-men-TOE-sum) | CERATO3 |
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| Common Name: Snow in Summer |
| Description: Low spreading, silver-gray carpet. Masses of white flowers in summer. Needs a well-drained site. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CERATOSTIGMA plumbaginoides
(sir-at-oh-STIG-mah) (plum-bah-gi-NOY-deez) | CERAPL3 |
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| Common Name: Plumbago, Leadwort |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Intense blue flowers; glossy green foliage. Low ground cover; late to break dormancy. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA5 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA3 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA8 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMATOPHYLLUM masculinum 'Krugerskraal'
(chas-mat-o-FIL-um) (mas-kew-LIN-um) | CHASKR3 |
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| Description: This succulent is perfect for the rock garden, between pavers, etc. It forms a tight mat of evergreen foliage and is long-blooming with bright yellow flowers. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CHELONE glabra
(kee-LO-nay) (GLA-bra) | CHELGL5 |
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| Common Name: Turtlehead, Snakehead |
| Description: Creamy-white flowers with pink tinge in late summer resembles a turtle's head. Good plant for moist or wet areas. Ovate, shiny, rich, dark green leaves. Pinch to reduce height. |
| Zone: 3 |
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